Akindele Akinyemi is a member of the national advisory council of the black leadership network Project 21. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of the
Detroit-based One Network, a nonpartisan organization seeking to unite small
businesses to create economic and political "urban regional networks." He
is a former member of the radical Nubian Islamic Hebrew Mission, but later
converted to Christianity. He is the host of the "One Network" blog.